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.our paper forr. \y safely' conclude with asserting, that in thi . inst&ncc, as in many other instances our government comes i ut of the cru cible of party brighter for the trial to which it has been exposed by the lice of its enemies. [For the residue of'the papers, comment- | ed ftpou above, see the last pa,, We learn, that owing to a renewed indis- ' position of the Kmr? of England, a re mphiu-d, to consist of the Prince ! of Wales, tin Queen and the Duke of Port-! v sb not publicly , lv >wn at London. North American, • j York; Mhreh 6. Gapt. Marttial of the Swedish uehr. Har riot, v ho arrivi tl here last night in 21 tl iys ' ■from $t. M;)i-!tiole:;iews, intorms us, thatl • before he s-iilvt, inte'll received, fhatth« island of Martiniqtii t ken \>) Ihe r<!'itis;h. under rciu Frev«»t|i [i ing fort Kourhottj whithtiie FrenecH • of. • , Dtc. 17 —We have extracted from tbi M 7<:.gen, which states that Mr. Vdair has &»l. his mission to the Sublime Porte. '. • Shaw arrived in town tb.is morning The two lad i of ['alleyrand, who Sailed from Dover witfj • is. arrived in I'.n-iH on Monda} last. It v, is then known i that the FniH-li army wss at Nfadrid, bill I c ,| Mr. Shawreacl on Ttiesday>>nd dcliv ,j. Clump ;.;nv, th© French^ minister of forei . wlio "''l him w-; ( !> : j ;,„,; , gave orders that every piwje'jie uttention ibe paid to hfm.' \\ w s entcil •■' ■•'■ '' '■ ' ntil \\ ednesday, «R'hi n he left Paris whli the answer to tits trade to tfayit. De.c. 20—Mr. Pnwkener presents Ms r, and acquamts hiir. tliat an order in council has this day be a issued by [us \i : j. B ry, di chving, that ■:•■' nd plac( i of th< island of $( rhich are not in the ;iCttl.ll pc:i se •• iin of Pratu i snd fiom »' .- li ri c Itri i">i, exelu.h d, shall I i>f hoHtiii'v with hi« M jesty, and that his Mnjesty*s sitlyecefl UtIHVS are :.t li! ■ , in the same mann- iaay at neutral ports and places. ■ ( o»nncil Office, VVhitehidi, Dec. 14, 18W8 » V Uuecopyj J PELTTJEK, Agent of Hayti Dec. 27—Admiral Berkeley vviii s.ii in : the course of n day or two from Ports. | i\ in the Conqueror of 7"4{runs, io take ommand «.-n the co?st of Porttigab— ' Cotton will return in the Hibeniia. ' Bm. i Dnc. 20. The Milan Decree, under 1 he reeeiil seizures of , took place in France, has i was foi-nwrly represented been in a- ' ny manner rendc-ed less rigorous towards ' Seme 'ions l):ive < qcen tit < fthe Tusiisian flag. ( From Tin! m, propositions ( rtlj made to the Pvvie on Ihe purt of Russia ' This explains ' he Russians b*v* not long sim oper.tionp. t Tli ■ v ->•■■ isinessef th? Bsijrnments aiwfe upon half the Hawo- • domains, to the marshals of the ' Ti en empire, is Unallj si tk I. Th -' tin fisheries, forest 1 *, mill io the pnbiie treasury; hut. the < i.i c i'.l.i-es are to he j in lul. proper!} lo die whoar? to manure iiiem for Uieirown be- ' maim will yield, rentals of j ' -to 100,000 ': ncs toniarslKils | • idotte, Mo.-:;,-r. Dcrne, Ney. hvgc- j , .'..tilieourt. Davoust, Soidt, ! • "-. Junol and Sebastiani. An (mperial Ukase has*, baen issued IPeti •:'v;."h, vvjiieh id'ov.s Russian subjects ! i h tiie h:-rlv r oftWcssa, all ■ , prohibited in Russia, (with thci xceptionofEn ;lish mi rchandise) . -j - remain in thcKmpire, Mid not 'to be carried by any - s than those pointed out in. the i *Ck:.se. A Gottenbtirjfh Mail was received on .- f ; -v The lutelligenee it has brought ' lined < of thi results of ihe w..i in Finland. The i ener.il, affter reti eating before the ' t , whose Forces trebled hisown, find- Slgil impossible to act with stiocess, was ' n,i ' iity of proposing l aeonven- ' The two first io-'H, g are tantamount 1 •■ abandonment of Finland by ttte i i d thelincofdcmarkatioßthl ■c.-mv op,,n tkc confines of Lapland. ' ibjoin ihe two material articles: "1. i ! dish army i», iramedi oonvi on • itjon .'liuii;; the frontierstrf the ( Kerni to Porka- , kevni, in co!>c::niciicc, remains in • ' IheKi ns. 2 Ihe Swedish l oa.te the town of IJlc&borg « I n .. t qi -.. . . , h date of i - ' • und the Rnssian troops are ; i on of the said t >.-- n on the '■ ' fov. 'i iv- other | oun- ; ' »re to be given up to the Russi-, ' • be e>acu!LC ngr to the [ i yet to be concluded between j latracting narues." The Swedish • ■ i.-lcr. sensible of bis weakness, pro- ] dat the same Ume an armistice, for mill ; but ibis was declined In Count Jiuvbovdcii,. who observed, thai thorn;]) h< ••onsent to any .lcrr.nl armistice, •uld engage his word of honor that 1 fiostde operations should not continence a- 1 Uie Swedish arm before the in of 14 days, after it shall haVi ...en up the position stipulated as above. ; The convention was signed on the 20th ult. ! - inn army exceeded 30,000 Wen, 1 uppl'ud with GO pieces of cannon: I '•■rely amounted to 7,000 ■iciff, rcntly supplied with artillery. I Decemhc r 29. inters yesterday ic:eived dis- j esfrorn Spain, brought home by I , ►restes, wliich tafled from Co- ' i ton the 14th instant. We im- i J and that the dispatches from l William Bentxnck and Mr. J omhiu icate the state and l IS ol the Spanish armies !l up to the 3d instant. So dilfi- l ••io pass '< j 3Untry. Rumor s •• 'i ; hi lime they were confident j \ >•> ■ the popular par- I f ■': the {-reat mujo« 1 I • ■ ..<: vi Spain—abd stat» ' '• v j ed, that O.r.ugU they might bo forced retreat before the conquerors, yet . would not harbor a thought of s submission ; St it must be clearly Seen, j d even from the bulletin .part* J rsclf, tll.it oUch will hi? found «o oe the determination of the inhabitants t-1 of Madrid, as well us of the army as sembled there.' s _. " Sir Jolm Moore's dispatches arc v dated the 6th ihst. Me was at Unit c: time totally ignorant of the French t- having entered Madrid. It js said * J thai he was resolved to continue his ( p isilion at Salamanca, for the purpose ; ecting n junction with sir David; -J ilaird ; to facilitate which be had ■s poshed a corps forward to Zaroora. ,l j " The dispatches from sir D. Baird j "j ate of the Pth List, dated from Villa! . ! Franca, lie had hoi been aide tocom i"; rneoci? ins march, from the, circum-. j stance of part of his cavalry not hay . ! ing come up. The remainder of the 1 7ihrcgt. and ihe advance of the I4th, were expected to nrrive the next day, when they Wou'd begin their march r en S.d'imunra ; and there was r.o ap * peararce of French troops to prevent ! j them. The army, however, was most j t exceedii'glv distressedbv the wantof ' , horses in drag their artillery sQong. ' ' The destruction Of horses by tbe ' i want of provender hail been most ca- [ lamitous ; and (he desolate fal > j that part ol" - lon, r,T * them no means of repairing the loss. ' [i *We have still the assurances re- ' plated, that the army of the marquis t de Romana had reunited to the m ber of 20,00(1 men ; a: rl fha frress of the French had not stilled lie patriotic ll*me in, the breasf 'he peojile." -—« x*m—-- c From FRENCH PAPIi I — c THIRTEENTH BULLETIN Of the I'rench Al my in -\' St. Mm -,- A fad rid, {■ December ". a On the 29th ttlt. the head quarters ? of (!>o Emperor were removed to Ihe village of Bouzealas; on the 30th 0 v. break of day, the duke of Belluno li presented nimself at the foot of Sono SieVro ; a division of l&ooo a men of the Spanish army of rem defended the passage of ihe ' n-oun- v tains* The enemy thought themselves l> unattackabie in that position. Tl had entrenched the narrow passage ° called Puerto, with 16 pieces of can- 8: non. The 9-1. light infantry mavel upon the right—the 96th upon the causeway—end the 24 th followed by the side of the heights on the left— ' M General Senarmoni, with six pieces tl of artillery, advanced by the cause- h way. The action commenced by 8 the firing of musketry and cannon. hsrgi made by the General ], Mentbrr.n, at the head of the Polish o light horse, decided the affair—it a most brilliant one, and the regiment ;i covered itself with glory, and pi it was worthy to form a part of the imperial guard-:—< * mons, flags, mus '< kers, soldiers, all were taken oi cut fl i ,rp pieces Eight Polish light horse * killed upon the cannon, and )» j sixteen have been wounded. Among o ! the last is captain Dr.invanoski, vho S was dangerously wounded, and liestd- *? most without hopes of recovery. jor Bcgur, marshal of the Erftpei household, charged along with the y Polish troops, and received many " wounds, one of which is very severe." Sixteen pieces of c.annort, io flags, v '20 covered chests, 200 waggons la s den with all kind of baggage, and the military chests of the regiment, are the fruits of this brilliant affair. A- j mong the prisoners, ttblch are very numerous, arc all the colonels and lieutenant colonels of the Spanish di- " »n. All the soldiers would have been take.,, if they had not thr uvn c I away their arms, and dispersed in the p niOl!!'- c On the Ist Dec. the head quarters £ of the Emperor were at St. AugUstin, { and on the 2d the duke of Islria, with \ the cavalry, commanded the he r i of Madrid. , » The infantry could not arrive be- \ ! fore the 3d. The intelligence which , jwe hitherto have received, leads us .to think that this town « suffeiirtj< | under all kind of disorders, and that i ihe doors are barricaded. The weather i IS very fine. FOURTEENTH BULLETIN OF f ARMY OF SP i ii I dat noon i s lis majeStj arrived in person on the h. i which impend over Madrid, on which were , p 'tour Maubourg-, und saye, and the Imperial horse guards, anniversary of tli which has signalized so in.my d.i fortunate for France, awaki the most agreeable recollection* spired nil the troops with an entliusi which manifested itself in n thousand i elamatiens. The weather was be#u | and like that enjoyed in F'-ance in the , t i month of May. Ihe Marshal Duke oflstm '' litary i | Junta was formed, tinder the presidency id the marquis of Castelsr, wh orders general Maria, captain Andalusia, and in«pe< ; ofArtil-J 1 The town conl armed peasants, ~,a i._i ._ Itj tors, 6000 troops of the h>e, aad 3 iot Cannon. Sixty Viiottsand men Their cries v. eery i n . o huhdi'c cl and •( rj l . mfd I h ss— ; 'i ! I :d companied by 30m8h of tne peftp'le, whose 2 £ dress, locks, and ferocious language, re- , ~ called thi recollection of the assassins of - 1 September. Wlien the Spanish gener :, i asked whether he meant to expose v t« children and old men to the horrors of an f) assault, he manifested secretly tl. ■ with vhich h was penetrated; he made •' known by signs, that he, as Well as all the it men of .Madrid, groaned und ion ; and when he raised bis voice, his c words were dictated by the Wretche i( watched over him. No doubt ctrnld be en- j tertained of the excess to which the tyran- : 11 ti) of the muilitude was carried, when they him wrile down all bis words, and is caused the record to be verified byth ■is wlio surrounded him. The aid-de . camp of the duke of Lstria. who had been 1 ! sent into the town, was seized by men of ■ CI - the lowest class of people, ami l. Ito be massacred, when the' troops of the I ( j : line, indignant at the outrage, took him j under their protection, and caused him to |1 •; be restored to lus general, A litdetime'l " ; afi ci' ni the Wi -, Guards came to the camp. Their dtposi- 1 .. tions convinced us that the pe<*4e of piw n party, and honest men, were without innm i ence ; and it was to be cv ichaie I that con- ; i 1 ciliation was altogetherimpos: The marquis of Peiak-fi, v repi:;, I lc man, | ; i who had liilheiio aopeared to enjoy the i pie, bad been, on the ; tins, accused of putting sand in ' the cartridges, lie was immediately Strang- t termined that a!!"the car 1 sshoi Id ben made ; 3or I Upon this work , tiro. Mi the palaces an-i 1 -. -vereor- c dec-d hi he opened tofurrti ■ discretion The Prench i thn c leagtfes from M idrid. The Em] 1 employed Ihe evening in rccom oitrinj deciding a plan of attack, con- c d. ration d«e to the b wumbi r of honest people always to be ! ft>U 1 • capital. - er \' Uie corps id tin :ivcd. c , The 1 1 (] I;U „ seemed lo piMloagtli d f. Tli Emperor c VTluson, to t: harg- n on, to sup. I! four piece* l< ' °^"' ;: r. ll . . und i In particular, of] lus 1-luc.il cowv C ardice as I in pi cinq bis ani lei., in the posts de. i d i'ol die attack. Ai 1 of Neufchatel sent to Madrid a olonel of Arti.. ,iad p 'iiosierr.i, and wh let- ;: t( '''» : the morn- p '"g. "- of uni c returned to the 1:i head tpi u-ters with tl, the gi L/ namotit, ofgr of srttHe y, and had commenced a very m which made a breach in '■ the of Vdl tie. liavi I the f,. . flic Ir battalion''fbflcAvcd them, and [\ > i;'iar er of an ' who defended ihe Reiiro, w« the h'-.ul .ant posts ofthc Obsi rack; the v guards, a< i- c No I. drid. i", 1)8. s | llm i iicimu,':.! ces oi die >. ducted d). es 0 f c) Madvkl hold " - die usage J of all nations, to suuixaon you, Monsieur -j gciier !, n;to 1: pi .. v town so important i, ( t»J I'l ' hi (, nor lo reii- :,. <! F '' s " nhabitants victims to p , "-i Wishing to oie 10 i"l ion, i send j,. youth ... of- S f has be 0 nude prisoiicr, and n . Wlro 111 ■, poitunily of set means thai the i»r«y has to reduce tow n surances of inj high consideration. ALEX. 11l \[. Jl&tj '. j, No. II.—(Iv Si a.\ 1 the I'Ancc of ,i j 111 J\enfcli(aei. ~ 1••1• r • 1 ul Ji is nidispensaoiy iiicumbent upon me, 1 '.an', to COll'; lilt, pieviiMis ii. r to your r . my ~. dis- ) the j,, circum lit, fbi yj tins el iy, a that . . ieral oliicer with my 0 j you, ir 1 ,!l ll - ' : ..tion c , due to 5 our high oent. ■ • CAoTii^Ad. No. Hi. - ti 'J\> flu li lice. 4, Eleven a m. to • —i'o defend bb Madri vvai", yi . andiic ..Kii the ml His 'si majesl. a second tr mt- S\ ed; miners are ; _i principal oiuldingS; celamns pi troops are Ci oi wiiicii some 'i compimi* s . .. j.e d . al- ti ■ ways generous u\ the . ,eton j vies, s c attack till two o'clock. I d The town of ,)io- j v\ ttclion :oha- j G I t"t its v ~!>ii. ri ■ two 1 ■'• stoners to p Wfl. p 1' -'• I ( •ral. v The : d&ued Madrid, 8 j Due.. 7- —it , , me »un c duel • jned 1 • themselves lata* - 1 com- v j mali.l . < • • • ■ . c be will pro to London, to si '.- . and ingratitude with which England if ways rewarded the men who sacrifice their » boner and • heir country tothcinjusi :, their cause."' The bulletin Continues, "As. i soon as the report of Ihe chief of 'he sqin- I dron, count Lubienski, was known, the 5 duke of lstria put himself in march, with sixteen squadrons of cavalry, to ol - te> enemy. The duke of Belluno follow -! e'.ntrv. The duke of lstria lal Guadalaxara, and found there - , the re:tr-gn.u-d of the enemy, which ■ filing t swards Andalusia, dispersed it, and ■ ' made five hundred prisoners. The general ! of division, Raffin, and (he brigade of dra • goons of Bordesault, informed that the c ■ tie-rot ling towards Arairjuez, pio ceede Ito thai place. The enemy were put to flight, and thes - troops were immedi . jatelyputin pursuit of all those that are flying towards Andalusia, " The gen. of division, Lafwussaye, en- I tered the Escurialon the 2d. t'iveor six red peasant:: wished to defend the > nt, but were driven out by a brisk at tack." Then follow further particulars of the quil state of Math-id, Mid the orderly I manner in which Ui > possession of thai &c. A French Idier, found gmit of plumieringa numbei i f w, was shot in the principal square. The dis annul iried on without difficulty. The Spam' (Joseph) bad formed two r- -■ invents i , from the Royal For ei-s, and t'-' other that of Reding the lifFer er from tl ■-. The stlj an corp . of the Pri far from the line of < -lories re bii! After a description of the. disorder chut ..re'vnu'd in Madrid, the bulletin proci d more than i*j pieces of i cannon mounted—s more considerable t numbei but been (hit;- up, taken out of I I upon carts, a grotci train, and owe the madness of v people abandoned to itself. Hut all means of defence were beeomeusc- , less. I sors if Itetiro .re always , id. The emperor took all | it the troops from go- , irtjrfromhti se to house. Theckywasru, ' ,'in.ny troops h,d been employed. < i ad- \ ; W refus- i iWtairi them. At 1L ] . the prince of Neufchatel wrote the ] annexed letter, No 3. liis mijesty at the 1 Pl'lleS. . gen. sic:. <neie,> Junta, and don t the 'own. re- 1 ie \l..j. Gen I ■ icd him th.it ibemosi intelligent per- J sons « lion i'uat the town vv.isdes 1 i, and that the rontinua- a tld be the henrht of 2 ftiadni ~,,, ~, .(,,. g . •> -• in the de- v fence. Believing thai ihev could not do j d a pause I P the red ! ire- t and . id ' c m-.I them thu.>:—" You , I 110 l ore tranqu Is, ir is he ; yei: hi' c tliern hi propagating f ' Assemble the CJ< .-/, Uie heads of the ' f pri pi r I ty and inrtuen p, and let the town capitti. 1 ■k in the or it j c. I wtU not, nor ought I cred the uni mers who si 1 the suite " oftheJ Embassador to l»e dragged ° and marckred in the pubbc stn n. The 1 rul had put ml wr troops who surrendered ! ■"' the fn I I ipltulation , has been violated. You, Mr. Moria, whit « sort of an epistle did you write ty tint Ge- ' ncral? It well I . sir, to talk of • you who. on entering Roussifftn, S . and dtstrihn them . ! \Vh ,t right had you to ■;•- oh c- j where ? TJ dact. Se< tltc conduct of far from piquing •, themselves ou b< ii c; rigid observers oi' the lIW of .1 of ugal, but they I carried it into effect. To violate military . "» ' t_ is placing - wit! 1 the banditti of ; -a, then, t ne to solicit n capitulation—you who ! violated that of Bark n I had "a ;tion '' v dilecte 1 I the mortars of cd. 1 bad a Spanish ■ s; I son ' : i ships, an .1 to ts of Epinosa, s refer r ales to %htj thai to Madrid—l give you till six o'clock mono .ive only to i f the people—if md your c troops shall alt be put to the swoi certainty that he con rson. ( : uatidned during to all mind ) mutinous withdrew themselves from ■by flight, and a part of the troops ] a the sth, I Cen. Belliard took the command of Mad rid) all the into the hands of the French, and a general pardon proclaimed. [The bulletin closes with a order observed by the j ( Trench, in taking possession of the t inhabitants, and ! Mi.-.h ] The 16th Bulletin, dated Madrid, Dee. j »kc the preceding, with tlieprais uislicd oft. The gen- of division, Rufiin, having passed > theTagus at Aranjhez, advanced tow Oean; ..- retreat of the re- Imy of Andalusia, which i ti province, and tbrO> The (Ik ' ■ ■ but it W"...i il would I I- I resistance, mil i." it to reason. )f The Eh tS i visio >- with 16 ;n io the sword. They were sti h whoh-.d gen-: as i, av . c Tb ome particulars r. of Rosas in Catalonia, which h a rendered; bul it is sttpp ' were thinking i- Ibotit Englishmen who 1., were" tl killed or driven into ■ on the Huora, \. POSTSCRIPT. i- Sin Mr. . from whom v., - entertains th • strongest aj v latiye to Uie fate oft! cm »m his observations al c all * f leet, he t'eM-; that a w ,- belli \ Imps, been nwhich t ; , bighe - curri ■ i Champa I ris, th -1 V - die 2d of .1 mv u*y inform... From Loml - the ministry-had reeeh i and that Si - betvm n them and the ; ' of December, in n I 50,000 ncn. A : the French' had fallen to 2J,u'UJ. bad prodnc i g v it -■•, 1 The prim s ree. . PhiJj d considerably io the pre ceding ma -encc. '\v\ room : 'eie. Mr '' n* ning is sai e placed, by lord Melville. I US for a peace* are stated io b sent to Bavonne, which, it w:, would not be opened uwfii rh< . were ereetetl at T.Vlri 1 and Li A s :cottd armistice, I >nt.h, h •>! been agreed to d Russia. The Lisbon Ga/.ett* ol December calls upon all the Port! arm tli msclves en masse against th- French. A vessel arrived at l'\\ i Vigo, brie ligence from sir D. UairJ's array of December, lit Benevento, and • ,i M tore's army on the 19. statin."- th • and that i . 26.000 since of Castaan I been fought at Tutlela, invvhicfri Mere imrh woested ; that R< joined the British forces. \ London pa* per of the i Ul £ hniral De' Cnu.cy at Corunna, enclosing letters from Sir ttivid, .Uaird, dati rises that he waft on ihe point ofi I lion with sir «f Moore, ■ In the wed to tli Ji>e B : iriel. N ing i a ret of the «'. " A CARD. - not c , v of tii schai itscA i he is then fi the : mbori y o tterin (mention was . I .- -54.1 X AT A' ''...-- A , >C iV iljO SUGARS, THOUSAND, bi salt, in — All purchasers to all ovi The ; o give Tvvr .suth Who ' :m aci i , i after *tt F;> , Baltimore. March o-—3t TEN DOLLAI R*X AWAY from est ; on tl>. , ; MELON : if the : middl sear on tin I of he i ! coa<it ■ j capable of deception. j the district and ' ! the .; ' out. c - ' \ ...1 i I * m Mai.